stepdaughter
nounEtymology From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).
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The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
- Shannon Spann had an infant, Jake, to care for and two stepdaughters to suddenly raise by herself.2013 September 8, Wayne Darsh, “A child of war, with a sense of purpose”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:
- ICE agents then took his stepdaughter in to get her prints, Edward said, and neither returned. The pair were initially transported to a Rio Grande detention facility, before being transferred to Dilley.2026 March 24, Dan Gooding, “ICE Detains Canadian Mom with 7-Year-Old Autistic Daughter”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2026:
- Hypernyms
- stepchild